The Brookhaven leader., 1887-10-13

well!
Yekuow the grace Of our Lord Jesus Christ,
| that, though he was ch, yet for your sa:cs lie
became poor.
Was there ever contrast so overpowcr-
ing as that between the monday Of
Christ's celestial departure and the mid
night of his earthly arrival? Sure
| enough, the angels were out that night in
the sky, and especial meteors acted u3
| escort, but all that was from other worlds
and not from this world. The earth made
no demonstration Of welcome. IL one Of
the great princes of this world steps out a
a depot cheers resound, and the bands
| play, and the flags wave. But for the
arrival of this missionary Prince OF the
! skies not a torch flare |, not a trum-
pet blew, not plume ngttared. All
the music and the pomD wero
overhead. Our world opened for him moth
| ing better than barn door. The Raiah
| of Cashmere sent to Victoria a hsd,teai of
carved gold and a canopy that cost $50
/ 900, but the world had fOr The Prince OF
! Heaven and earth only a litter Of straw.
| The Crown jewels in the. Tower Of LONDON
amount to Slj0J).OJJ, but tuis member of
eternal royalty had nowhere to Law his
! head. To know how poor he waS, ask the
| camel drivers, ask the sh pberds, ask
| Mary. ask the three wise men Of the Last
who afterward came there, young Ca5par
and middle-aged Balthasar AMI old Mel
| chior. To know how poor he was, examine
| all the records Of real estate in all that
| Oriental country and see what vineyard,
! or what house, or what field lie owned.
Not one. OF what mortgage was he the
mortgagee? OF what tenement was he tho
! landIordE OF what lease was he the lessee:
! Who ever paid him rent:
For your saAes he became poor'
The world could have treated him better
! il it had chosen. 1t had al the means for
making his earthly condition comfort
able. Only a few yeers before, when
Pompey, the General, arrived az Brindisi,
he was greeted with arches and a costly
! column which celebrated tLa l2,D)p.0lO
! people whom he had killed or conquered,
and he was allowed to wear his triumphai
robe in the Senate. The world had ap-
| plause for imperial butchers but buffeting
for the Prince of Peace; plenty of
| golden chalice5 for the favored to
drink out Of, hut our Prince must
pat his lips to the bucket of
the well by the roadside aft - ha had
begged for drink. Poor? Born in an
other mans barn and eating at another
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prosperous cias'eH' lneE caiie't INN ~a"'
bath-b breaker "'he'pi,DeF' tIa'1of' oid'.
ph7iher, ana fahSa.Nsi IN a.c'!oHaiN oi
oPpropfluil rom III |" u y eA - '-1ei'
deteStatloh' can thihh no" Oh oAiF t"o
WeH-to-do men VINO GSP2nt'd ms cause
NlcoaemuN ana Joseph OF AFllha 1lea' MS
lrIehd' Ior the most part "eT' people "no
! IN that cillhate "hefe oNnthaiihE OF H.
namhlat.oh OF the eEc,pa.. SWs cps over
ana anon as sco'T-e' haa pecoM7 hilhi'
SICK people VINO were ANXIOUS 70 SeI we'll
ana tEoapieu Pe'p.e IN whose Iah!!N
there was some one deau OF
dying IL ne had purse az All ID was
empty, or we would nave heard what was
Done with the contents al tao Po'I-mor-
tenn foor! Inc pigeon III 'he ooFe-co'a'
the rabbit in ITS bufroW' the SuK-Worih N
ITS cocoon, the bee IN ITS hlVe Is better pro
! Vided Tor, better or, better sheiteFed'
Aye, the brute creation mas nome on
earth, which CHRIST had nor
II on windy days the raven
| Gambol like dancing SE:nlA
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DER the Ain, tIa clarlots roam.
Yet he has some small dom nfnjon
| Which. no Goubt, he calls his nome.